about the virus if there is a turning point that hasn't happened yet they've also said the national health commission that there is still a gap capacity gap when it comes to hospital beds for those who are infected for those who have contracted this virus in woodland province so i would run city and who have a province there is a bit of that gap being narrowed because of these new hospitals one came online on monday with about a 1000 beds we're expecting another one with about a 1000 plus beds coming online in the next couple days that will help bridge that gap but they are saying the health officials that there is still a gap for hospital beds they also admitted that there is still a need for more medical supplies they said that they have ramped up production of protective garments and masks here in china but there's still a shortage and one thing that they may. just to underline this no there are these mass these and 95 masks that are the the ones that are best suited for protecting people from this virus they're saying those medical workers on the front lines they need to change that mask every 4

efforts said the statement we express our deep condolence as did an official from china's national health commission. he's in the national your national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr the one we know that for medical workers on the frontline they sacrifice their own family life to contribute to this battle against a virus the society needs to care more about our medical workers. in december leader had sought to share information about his concerns only to be investigated by police who accused him of spreading rumors lee's passing highlights the huge risks taken by frontline doctors and nurses to treat patients a situation made worse by overcrowded hospitals and an acute shortage of beds the government appears to be listening it's dispatched a team of anticorruption investigators to to its words listen to the concerns of the public and in china today there is no shortage of people with opinions about the doctor and the way he was treated. the virus is spread across china with cases also emerging in 2 dozen countries 2 cruise ships carrying t

the national health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and we've given a special notice on virus control for key areas and the fever departments of the hospitals through these documents we have opposed special requirements on hearts and the personal protection of medical workers. well there are almost 65000 confirmed cases worldwide and a cruise ship in japan has the largest cluster of infected people 218 people on board a full n l but 11 vulnerable passengers they were allowed to get off the ship and continue their quarantine on land then there's vietnam 10000 people from one village just northwest of the capital hanoi there continuing to be isolated 11 people there have been infected that brings the total number of cases for the country to 16 well they've been mixed messages coming from the u.s. president trump has been praising china's efforts to contain the virus his economic advisor that seems to think differently we still haven't gotten to go in there and i think som

struggling to get on top of this given that those statistics that are announced daily from the national health commission certainly worse than the previous day 46 deaths confirmed on friday and those latest numbers that were announced on saturday morning by the national health commission most of the infections and the fatalities are being recorded in who bay province still that is where it is thought that this outbreak began and certainly there the medical stuff is struggling to deal with the sheer number of cases thousands of extra doctors and nurses have been sent to the area from other parts of china but there is still a shortage of medical equipment there in particular the protective suits that those medical personnel need to wear when dealing with the patients and also test kits and that is partly why many experts outside china are saying that the actual number of infections will be a lot higher than what the chinese government is recording also there is a shortage of hospital beds and that's why everyone is eagerly awaiting the completion of 2 makeshift hospitals that are being built in that provin

beijing to look into issues raised by the people on the state health commission even mentioned him in their daily updates. on the you know the national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr the well we know that for medical workers in the front line they sacrificed their own family life to contribute to this by. against a fire as they try to protect our people's health the society needs to care more about our medical workers we need to unite as one to conquer these difficulties president xi jinping has spoken to donald trump by phone telling him that china's efforts to contain the virus are achieving results on the world health organization says it's too soon to know the virus has reached its peak but there are signs the number of new cases is dropping at least 638 people have died from the virus and more than 31000 are infected let's get an update from sara carr joining us from hong kong what are you hearing about from the mainland about the government's handling of the doctors' death in particular sara. there's been a huge outcry on social media post of this doctor's death he die

from monday and the lowest single day figure of the new cases so far this month china's national health commission says outside the hard hit him a province the confirmed new cases of the disease have now been dropping for 12 straight days of a world health organization chief tetras are the norm give raises is urging caution this trend must be interpreted very cautiously trend is going to change as new populations affected it's too early to tell if this report the decline will continue every scenario is still on the table it also appears that. it is not as diddly. viruses including service members. now some 200 in 1009 people lost their lives during the sars outbreak in hong kong in 2003 the density of the territories population and ties with mainland china made it a hotbed for the epidemic how has the horror of saws shaped hong kong's response to cover 1000 today and what lessons if any have been learned. exhausted that really. the nightmare didn't and last week these residents were pulled from their beds in the middle of the night after 2 people living floors apart tested positive for 19 it is th

we had that admission coming from the top, the national health ca re from the top, the national health care commissionrofession is, frankly anyone involved in the effort today to use reasonably things like protective kits, because there is a severe shortage. the other side is that there is anecdotal evidence of people speaking on social media about struggling to get disinfectants, struggling to get masks, and their criticisms are being censored. there is no doubt that here in wuhan and the surrounding province of hubei province, there was problems getting the basic kind of kits to the people that needed it most. hence that warning from the national health commission to tell people not to hold this kind of kit and use it reasonably. we are seeing some companies you're talking about refashioning some of their production lines to help make masks 01’ production lines to help make masks or help make what is personal protective equipment, the suits that we are seeing. there were some anecdotal evidence of that but they are struggling, there is not enough. robin, for the moment, thank you very much. robin br

efforts said the statement we express our deep condolence as did an official from china's national health commission and now he's in the national your national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr lee when young we know that for medical workers on the frontline they sacrifice their own family life to contribute to this battle against a virus the society needs to care more about our medical workers. in december leader had sought to share information about his concerns only to be investigated by police who accused him of spreading rumors lee's passing highlights the huge risks taken by front line doctors and nurses to treat patients a situation made worse by overcrowded hospitals and an acute shortage of beds the government appears to be listening it's dispatched a team of anticorruption investigators to hand to its words listen to the concerns of the public and in china today there's no shortage of people with opinions about the doctor and the way he was treated. the virus is spread across china with cases also emerging in 2 dozen countries 2 crui

a continuing rise in the infection right in china but the fatality right has fallen the national health commission says the situation is improving outside here by the province at the center of the crisis to. try and ward places outside of who by a total of $115.00 new cases were reported on sunday including 5 new did the number of newly confirmed cases outside of who bay has kept declining for 13 days in a row the number of new confirmed cases remained at a relatively low level. in here by the situation is grim inside this makeshift hospital and will hand patients queue for food and treatment as medical staff care for the rising number of infected china's military is sending hundreds of doctors and nurses to wehrhahn the world health organization is sending experts to beijing as well as to guangdong and sichuan province it's. with the virus yet to be contained china's largest annual political meeting is expected to be postponed the national people's congress to start on march the 5th a meeting next monday is due to decide if the meeting will be shelved the 1st time in china's recent history here i

efforts said the statement we express our deep condolence as did an official from china's national health commission and now he's in the national there are some national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr li when we know that for medical workers on the front line based acra fighter on family life to contribute to this battle against the virus the society needs to care more about our medical workers in december lead had sought to share information about his concerns only to be investigated by police who accused him of spreading rumors lee's passing highlights the huge risks taken by frontline doctors and nurses to treat patients a situation made worse by overcrowded hospitals and an acute shortage of beds. the viruses spread across china with cases also emerging in 2 dozen countries 2 cruise ships carrying thousands of holidaymakers have been placed under quarantine in hong kong and japan as doctors test all on board for infection and another ship currently in the south china sea has been refused entry by japan south korea and the philippines in

. >> the national health commission released new numbers on the coronavirus, reporting 425 deaths and more than 25 more than 20,000 confirmed cases. the cdc says there are 11 confirmed cases, six here in california. and uc san francisco is treating patients with the coronavirus who were transferred, the patients are at the parnassus hospital, they treated patients during the 2003 sars outbreak. and several airlines are canceling flights to and from china. >> we usually have 92 flights to china each week and that number is being cut by 45%. we will probably see more beyond that. >> anyone with the coronavirus symptoms will be quarantined. >> travis air force base said it will not be housing anyone yet, a statement by the military says they will only provide housing for overseas travelers, the department of health and human services is tasked with care, transportation and security. >>> the chinese new year parade is set to go on as scheduled this weekend with concerns about the coronavirus. amberly has more on the celebration tonight. the virus is rippling through. >> there was a large

efforts said the statement we express our deep condolence as did an official from china's national health commission. now using the national there are some national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr lee when we know that for medical workers on the frontline they start a fight or a family life to contribute to this battle against the virus the society needs to care more about our medical workers. in december leader had sought to share information about his concerns only to be investigated by police who accused him of spreading rumors lee's passing highlights the huge risks taken by frontline doctors and nurses to treat patients a situation made worse by overcrowded hospitals and an acute shortage of beds the government appears to be listening it's dispatched a team of anticorruption investigators to its words listen to the concerns of the public and in china today there's no shortage of people with opinions about the doctor and the way he was treated. the virus is spread across china with cases also emerging in 2 dozen countries 2 cruise ships

which it was in the national health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and we've given a special notice on virus control for key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals through these documents we have opposed to special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers adrian brown has more now on why health workers are being infected. a number of doctors and nurses have been putting messages on social media complaining about the fact that they don't have adequate protective clothing so i think it's fair to assume that those who have become infected those who have died have so because they haven't had the correct protective gear now china's government concedes there is a shortage of this protective clothing and of course it underscores just how vulnerable frontline medical workers are in china right now the world health organization has got more experts arriving at the epicenter today and over the weekend to supplement the team that arrived ther

. >>> in mainland china, the national health commission confirmed 394 cases on wednesday, well below 1,000 reported daily since the end of january. however, these latest numbers do not include patients whose infections were confirmed using diagnostic methods rather than testing kits. it's been a month since chinese officials first rolled out heightened measures to combat the virus, and the nonstop pace is taking a toll on hohospitals. over the past month, a number of confirmed infections in china rose from 200 to nearly 75,000. the death toll has topped 2,100. officials say that included more than 50,000 medical staff mainly believed to have contracted the virus at hospitals. the current medical system seems to be having dififficulty copin with the rapid increase in patients. medical supplies including protective gear are running low, and medidical works arare growi exhausted as they work flat out to deal with cases of infection. >>> authorities in hubei province where most cases are being confirmed are now struggling to secure sufficient medical supplies. outside of mainland china a

with which i was and saying where is the national health commission is highly concerned about this issue and we have issued technical guidelines for the prevention and control of infection of the new coronavirus within the medical institutions under special notice on the virus infection control for key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals. through these documents we have imposed special requirements on enhanced sing the personal protection of the medical workers the really good no longer. the world health organization said a spike in china's reported cases this week was partly due to a new method of diagnosis and didn't indicate a wide epidemic but experts warn that the new infection figures show there's no sign the outbreak is nearing its peak critics say the now drastic measures were implemented too late. as china released a song designed to boost morale the nation is hoping to antiviral drugs its scientists are testing will prove promising. but preliminary results won't be ready for a few weeks in which time many more lives could have been lost. well after the holidays jan

and the lowest single a figure of new cases so far this month china's national health commission says confirm new cases of the disease outside of the hard hit who a province have now been dropping for 12 consecutive days on holocaust the situation is reminiscent of the sars outbreak back in 2003 which killed some 300 people experience with sars has been shaping on kong's response to the new corona virus our correspondent in hong kong sent us this. exhausted but relieved that nightmare didn't and last week these residents were pulled from their beds in the middle of the night after 2 people living floors apart tested positive for k. that 19 it's fear is the buyers could be traveling through the pipes gripping hong kong with the collective dread that it was about to watch history repeat itself this isn't one gardens in 2003 it became synonymous with tragedy $42.00 residents lost their lives to the saws epidemic hundreds more were infected defective pipes had been carrying the virus directly into people's homes the whole of ogaden. become the city. they had to come. i feel so safe and so

decline on monday's figure the low single day figure of new cases so far this month china's national health commission says confirm new cases of the disease outside the hard hit who bay province have now been dropping for 12 consecutive days but the world health organization's chief well he's urging caution. this trend must be interpreted very cautiously trend is going to change as new populations are affected it's too early to tell if this report the decline will continue every scenario is still on the table but it also appears that called good 9 didn't is not as deadly as a quarter of viruses including sars and murders now the sars outbreak in hong kong back in 2003 killed hundreds of people densely populated and with transportation links to mainland china hong kong was especially vulnerable to the spread of this virus so how has the experience with sars shaped on congress response to the new coronavirus our correspondent in hong kong sent us this. exhausted that really. the nightmare is that in and last week these residents were pulled from their beds in the middle of the night after 2 people livin

the spokesman for china's national health commission said once a second new hospitals completed sometimethis week there should be enonough beds city wide to accommodate all of- hunts confirmed and suspected cases of the virus. until you. know turkey hit targets in northeastern syria today this in response a shelling by a syrian government forces on a turkish convoy the exchange of fire between on current damascus me like de increased tensions between the two countries. as s such direct clashes have been rare until now nicholas west was father supports. ankaras he will continue to o face. after severl turkishh soldiers were killed in syrian government shelling in italy province. the violence in the region i is fueling tensions between turkey and rusussia the two main foreign protagonists in syria. turkey's president richard type and the one worn moscow to respect of course aimed at stopping the fighting in the country. 7-8 didn't you. us done of it as such we hope that each party will fulfill its obligations under the estado and sochi agreements. and that we will be able to work within th

which it was in the national health commission is very concerned about this with the shoot to nickel guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and we've given a special notice on virus control for key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals through these documents we have opposed to special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers adrian brown has more now on why health workers are being infected.

going to eunice yoon on the ground >> the national health commission was cautioning that there so farno confirmed effective treatment. the focus was really on this race to find a cure. state tv said two drugs that treat flu and hiv could be effective guess the coronavirus. the lead scientist is asking that these be included in the official protocol. by less focused on the anti-viral drug being tested on patients in wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. the insurance ttitute there hasd for a patent on the use of the drug suppliers have seen shares move to within double digits. there are uk researchers that told sky news that they have made a breakthrough of development time from two to three years to two to four days. the research has only been conducted in the lab, so so far it is unclear how effective the drugs will be when used on human beings >> thank you many companies rely on manufacturing in china here to talk about how the coronavirus might impact things. thank you for joining us >> you make the n 95 mask which can is, i think, the only one proven to prevent pers person-to-pers

difficulties will be temporary and short lived the latest official figures from china's national health commission offer a crumb of comfort these latest figures don't show a significant drop in the death rate but the number of new infections in who by province is falling they were half what they were on thursday but experts outside china urged caution saying these figures can be independently verified analysts say it's become a pivotal moment for china's leader xi jinping if this works and it looks like this thing is contained and they get thumbs up from the world health organization and other you know epidemiologist it's going to look like they've done the right thing and he could come out of this looking well but at the moment it's such a go on saturday china's government extended its quarantine restrictions to the capital beijing anyone returning to the city following the extended lunar new year holiday miss now isolate themselves at home for 14 days state media says those who don't will be punished without specifying what that will mean in hong kong the infection rate is under 60 with one dead

virus prevention measures and fix problems exposed by the crisis with which i was in the national health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and we've given a special notice on controls for key areas and the fever departments of the hospitals through these documents we have imposed special requirements on hans and the personal protection of medical workers hundreds of a. military medics of started work at hospitals in one hand the epicenter of the epidemic but there's growing concern about the availability of medical supplies as the number of infections rises or most all of the 65000 cases worldwide are in who bay province in china fewer than 500 infections have been confirmed in 24 other countries on friday officials in china confirmed that 6 health care workers have died from the illness the world health organization says that it's taking a closer look at those cases. understanding is the cases among health workers peaked in the 3rd and 4th week of january and there's been a r

us patient last week whose condition appeared to improve within one day and now china's national health commission said that the drug trials were beginning to be carried out at multiple hospitals and will hunt for $270.00 patients. and here to help us break the latest is the virus has the virus continues to damage the markets we're happy to welcome sean hyman editor of logistical investor so sean the coronavirus is spawn the largest work from home experiment right now decentralized work is in and companies are experimenting with various platforms and managing this at a massive scale productivity platforms like we tax work and by dan's lark are gaining massive popularity while co-working spaces like we work they're being gradually phased out so will this industry shift from a in person to online continue after this entire outbreak is over. think so i mean techno.

hence that warning from the national health commission to tell people not to hoard this kind of kit, seeing as well, some companies here talking about refashioning some of their production lines to help make masks, help make what is known as ppe, personal protective equipment, that's the suits we're seeing. so, there is some anecdotal evidence of that, but look, they're struggling here, there isn't enough. hong kong authorities have allowed passengers and crew members to disembark a cruise ship after they tested negative for coronavirus. the world's dream was quarantined in hong kong after crew members showed signs of the virus. at least 69 british passport holders were believed to be onboard the ship. the headlines on bbc news: storm ciara hits the uk with gale—force winds and torrential rain — it's causing huge disruption across the country. another patient tests positive for coronavirus in england, and a briton in majorca has also contacted the illness. a soldier who killed 26 people in a mass shooting in northern thailand has been shot dead by the security forces. sport, and for

mentioned asking for help for medical supplies outside the country you know we heard from the national health commission just last hour to they give their daily press conference updating the coronavirus situation and just to kind of underline how how much medical supplies are needed in this crisis. one of the main things they need are these mass these and that 95 master specifically that mask that are required to protect medical workers from infection. every medical worker working around infected patients needs to replace this mass every 4 hours so you can do the simple math you know we've got thousands and thousands of infected people being treated in hospitals in rwanda in other provinces so each medical personnel needs to replace their masks every 4 hours so that's just amazing when you think about the quantity needed that's why there's appeal to go outside the country for more medical supplies they do say that there were wrapping up production here in china for those needs but again there's that there's a bit of a gap that's going to be it's going to need to be bridged so they can reach the amount t

officials has been on the race to try to find a drug treatment to fight the virus today, the national health commissioneleased revised protocol and hailed help and arrival of an anti-viral drug that has proven to be successful in the united states this drug is being tested on patients now in wuhan. the epicenter there had applied for a patent to use it there saying that the u.s. has indeed sent some supplies to wuhan. those have arrived confirming that the u.s. has sent experts as part of a world health organization group. adding that china is now at a critical or crucial stage in this effort to try to prevent an epidemic from getting more out of control president xi jinping had said this is now a people's war against the virus and said that this is going to be a test for governance here in china >> thank you live from beijing with the latest there. other companies seeing the impact is disney expected to take $175 million hit if hong kong and shanghai parks remain closed another month saying, quote, the current close your is taking place during the time in which we typically see strong attendance. spea

which it was in the national health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and we've given a special notice on virus control for key areas and the fever departments of the hospitals through these documents we have imposed special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers. our president xi jinping has vowed to fix the problems loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the ongoing crisis according to state television he also said that the government will improve medical resources medical insurance rather and treatment systems for major diseases in japan 218 people on board a cruise ship have been infected with the virus making it the knowledge of confirmed cases outside of china but 11 vulnerable passengers have been allowed to get off the ship and complete their current team on land and in vietnam in vietnam rather as turned away 2 of the crew ships over fears of the virus well in 10000 people in villages northwest of the capital had no we have been sea

china's national health commission has reported another 97 deaths from the coronavirus, bringing themore than 1,100. there are now more than 42,000 confirmed cases across china, and there are continued concerns about the virus‘s international spread. rich preston reports. it's been just over a it's beenjust over a month since the discovery of the virus, now officially known as covid-i9. virus, now officially known as covid—i9. since then it's killed over covid—19. since then it's killed over 1100 people. surpassing the number killed by the sars virus in the early 20005. that the sars virus in the early 2000s. that virus, of the same family as this latest strain, killed 774 people. tens of thousands of cases have been reported around the world. in china, streets remained deserted and buildings closed. elsewhere in the region, travel bans have been implemented and injapan, over170 bans have been implemented and in japan, over 170 people bans have been implemented and injapan, over 170 people on board a cruise ship docked in yokohama have tested positive for the virus. more than 3500 ar

us patient last week whose condition appeared to improve within one day and now china's national health commission said that the drug trials were beginning to being carried out at multiple hospitals in will hunt for 270 patients. and here to help us break the latest is that the virus continues to damage the markets we're happy to welcome sean. bell investor so the coronavirus is spawn the largest work from home experiment right now decentralized work is in and companies are experimenting with various platforms and managing this at a massive scale productivity platforms like we checked work and by dan's as a lark our gain a massive popularity while co-working spaces like we work they're being gradually phased out so will this industry shift from a in person to online continue after this entire outbreak is over. yeah i think so i mean technologically we're heading that direction and i don't think that's going to change with a virus or without coronavirus all these silly the separation and people being separate can help still spreading and you know i don't know if some of these guys that are starting